Re: Merge plans for RPC/RDMA? (Was: Re: [NFS] [PATCH 000 of 14] knfsd: Preparation for IPv6 support in NFS server.)

[Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>]

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Mike Snitzer wrote:
> On 4/13/07, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> wrote:
>> Mike Snitzer wrote:
>> > On 2/2/07, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> wrote:
>> >> Roland Dreier wrote:
>> >> >  > They are mostly from Chuck Level and make preparating for IPv6
>> >> support
>> >> >  > in the NFS server.
>> >> >  > They are *not* for 2.6.20, but should be ok for .21.
>> >> >
>> >> > Out of curiousity, does this patch series reduce the delta 
>> between the
>> >> > NFS/RDMA tree and mainline Linux?  In other words does this bring
>> >> > NFS/RDMA closer to merging?
>> >>
>> >> Hi Roland-
>> >>
>> >> The client side support for an RPC/RDMA module is almost completely
>> >> integrated into mainline.  There is still a minimal set of patches
>> >> required to support alternate transports in loadable kernel modules
>> >> which Trond has indicated he will integrate when the RPC/RDMA 
>> transport
>> >> is ready to be integrated.
>> >
>> > Hi Chuck,
>> >
>> > I must be missing something because I don't see _any_ trace of the
>> > core RPC over RDMA support (xprtrdma et al), your RPC Transport
>> > Switch, or any of the other supporting changes in mainline.  Could
>> > you, or others, please clarify the plan for merging RPC/RDMA?
>>
>> The RPC transport switch patches are almost fully integrated into
>> mainline.  The xprtrdma piece is what is not there yet.
> 
> OK, has the xprtrdma piece been reviewed by the community?  What, if
> anything, is preventing the code from being included in -mm for wider
> testing?

Some of the main NFS client developers (Trond, the CITI-UM developers, 
myself) have reviewed previous versions of this code, and have 
recommended a number of changes.  I haven't heard anything recently from 
the NetApp engineers working on this.  We are waiting for them to 
publish again, but I think they are waiting for the last of the 
transport switch patches to trickle into mainline (which should be ready 
with the release of 2.6.21).  I know they have been working with a 
handful of test sites and have achieved good performance results.

> Has xprtrdma inclusion/progress been discussed on some other mailing
> list?

Not yet, but the place that is likely to occur is nfs@lists.sourceforge.net.

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